From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Phil Payne"  wrote in
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> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/03/AR20060903007
68.html
>
> In 2002, federal prosecutors filed charges against 355 defendants in
> international terrorism cases, the study said. By last year, that number
> had
> dropped to 46, fewer than in 2001. Just 19 such cases have been prosecuted
> so far this year, the study said.
>
> The TRAC report called the decline in prosecutions
"unexpected" and said
> it
> seemed to contradict regular warnings from the government that the threat
> of
> global terrorism is higher than before.
>
> "Considering the numerous warning statements from President Bush and other
> federal officials about the continuing nature of the terrorism threat . .
> .
> the gradual decline in these cases since the FY 2002 high point and the
> high
> rate at which prosecutors are declining to prosecute terrorism cases
> raises
> questions," the report said.
>
> --
>  Phil Payne
>  http://www.isham-research.co.uk
>  +44 7833 654 800
>
>

This could be used to support the 'fight them over there so we don't have
to fight them here' argument that some use.

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